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How do you take a race-ready cross-country machine and make it into the bike you ride everyday? Kona shows us how with their Big Kahuna, a svelte, race-ready aluminum hardtail with plus-sized 27.5 x 2.8-inch Schwalbes to grab handfuls of traction and float over gnarly terrain. These meaty tires…
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Rip trail all day and never stop grinning aboard Marin’s Mount Vision 7. Its IsoTrac frame features a super-light and stiff carbon front triangle with an aluminum swingarm that soaks up 140mm of hits via a Monarch RL Debonair shock. The front end gleefully goes blow-for-blow with the rear thanks to…
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On race day, or any day on the trail, the last thing you want to think about is your equipment. That’s why Kona’s Kahuna DDL is put together with the kind of spec that you set and forget. The Race Light aluminum frame does exactly what it’s told with snappy efficiency, leaping forward when you mash…
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Rip trail all day and never stop grinning aboard Marin’s Mount Vision 8. Its IsoTrac frame features a super-light and stiff carbon front triangle with an aluminum swingarm that soaks up 140mm of hits via a Monarch RT Debonair shock. The front end charges blow-for-blow with the rear thanks to a…
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